Cancer immunotherapy based on programmed death 1 ligand 1 (PD-L1) has made huge steps toward overcoming cancer, but many patients still experience poor response to anti-PD-L1 therapy or do not have a durable response.
Purdue Research Foundation has synthesized proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) comprising a E3 ubiquitin ligase binding moiety covalently linked to a tyrosine-protein phosphatase non-receptor type 1 (PTPN1; PTP-1B) and 2 (PTPN2; TCPTP) dual targeting moiety reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, type 2 diabetes and obesity.
Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Leidos Biomedical Research Inc. and Theras Inc. (dba Bridgebio Oncology Therapeutics) have described GTPase KRAS (G12C mutant) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Beijing Zheyuan Technology Co. Ltd. has synthesized serine/threonine-protein kinase PLK1 (STPK13) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and sepsis.
Not all cancer cells that detach from the primary tumor and embark on a journey to another organ colonize it. To establish themselves, cells need specific conditions. Scientists at the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) explored this hypothesis in the liver and identified a protein involved in metastatic transformation. Blocking it prevented liver metastasis. Their findings may have applications in other organs and various types of cancers.
Chengdu Easton Biopharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. has synthesized oxalamide derivatives acting as protein arginine N-methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
Hangzhou Zhongmei Huadong Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has synthesized proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) compounds comprising an E3 ubiquitin ligase binding moiety covalently bonded to a GTPase KRAS (G12D mutant) targeting moiety through a linker reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer.
